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Abstract
Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are the most common type of heart disease. Patients undergoing CC, can be extremely intimidating, adequate knowledge and practice about the procedure is critical. Benefit of knowledge and practice acquisition, enhanced self-care, reduced anxiety, increased satisfaction with care and improved pain. The aim: To determine the effect of educational guidelines on the level of knowledge and practice of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. Research design: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Setting: the study was conducted at the Cardiac Catheterization Unit in Suez Canal University Hospitals. Subject: a random sample of 100 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, were assigned. Tools: 1) Patients’ Interview questionnaire was used to assess patients’ knowledge. 2) Patient’s observational checklists were used to assess patients’ practice 3) Patients’ questionnaire satisfaction questionnaire tool was used to assess patients’ satisfaction toward educational guidelines. Result: There was a statistically improvement in patients’ level of knowledge after implementation of educational guidelines with p value < 0.001 and there was a statistically improvement in patients’ level of practice after implementation of educational guidelines with p value < 0.001. Conclusion: The majority of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and practice and there was a statistically positive effect of educational guidelines on patients’ level of knowledge and practice. Recommendation: Application of educational guidelines into training for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization to support knowledge and practice and increase perception and intellectual patients’ skills.